samedi 12 octobre 2013

Tips On Fixing Home Cement Slabs With Concrete Resurfacing

In time, the cement surfaces of your home like floors, sidewalks, driveways, and walkways will start to crack or get pitted. These are very unattractive sights and make your home look worn. To breathe fresh life to your home, consider concrete resurfacing.


Demolishing the old surfaces and replacing them with a new slab is very expensive. Merely using cement to fill in cracks and pits will also not be useful. If you do so the new surface will just crack in time as it is not bonded to the original surface.


Use cement resurfacers to do the job for you. There are surely some that you can buy from your nearest hardware. It is a bit more expensive than cement or mortar but will be able to do the job best. Cement or mortar does not have adhesive agents that can bond the new layer onto the old one. This is why a simple cement or mortar layer laid onto the old will crack and break off.


There are bonding agents that are mixed into these products allowing them to strongly adhere to the surface they are put on. This is what makes them a bit pricey compared to just cement or mortar. However, using them will be of much lesser cost when compared to re-doing an entire slab. Thus, using resurfacers solves the problem at lesser cost.


Using these products is quite easy. They are self-leveling so there is no need to keep working them to get a level surface. All you really have to do is follow the mixing instructions on the package and make sure that you spread it all over the surface.


So improve your home with concrete resurfacing. Repair all the ugly cracks and pits on your cement surfaces easily and reliably. It is easy to do and will cost much less as compared to demolishing and making new slabs.


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2 commentaires:

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  2. You are right. Repair all the ugly cracks and pits on your cement surfaces easily and reliably. It is easy to do and will cost much less as compared to demolishing and making new slabs.

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